fuel contamination News
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Microbial growth in biodiesel supply and distribution systems workshop by Aqua-tools
We invite you to attend the following workshop: Microbial Growth in Biodiesel Supply and Distribution Systems, held by our exclusive distributor for the European market, Aqua-tools. Aqua-tools (Paris, France) specializes in the sale of microbiological monitoring techniques and in the development and service of microbiological control programs. The workshop is scheduled to take place on Apr. 3, ...
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Assuring accurate biofuel blend measurements with portable mid-IR analyzers
With the public image vacillating between food versus fuel issues and the environmental advantage of biofuels, it is important to keep quality blend standards high in order to further biofuels acceptance. Analytical testing equipment is essential to this goal. Portable mid-infrared analyzers, such as the InfraCal Analyzers from Wilks Enterprise, Inc., offer a quick analytical method to assess the ...
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BC Bioenergy Network invests in Quadrogen Power Systems to produce ultra-clean sustainable energy from landfill waste
The BC Bioenergy Network (“BCBN”), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver based Quadrogen Power Systems Inc. (“Quadrogen”) to demonstrate high performance biogas clean-up to ultra-clean levels at the Village Farms International Inc. (Village Farms) greenhouse adjacent to the ...
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NREL and General Motors Announce R&D Partnership to Reduce Cost of Automotive Fuel Cells
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multiyear, multimillion dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Most major automakers, including GM, have made significant progress in the development of ...
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Revised Standard Safely Expands Limit on Biofuel Contamination in Jet Fuels
A new revision to ASTM International’s aviation turbine fuel standard (D1655) safely adapts to the growing global presence of biodiesel in the petroleum industry. D1655 has been used for decades by the aviation community to help ensure quality control and safe distribution of jet fuel. Biodiesel blends — which have a small percentage of fatty acid methyl esters — increasingly ...
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ASTM D975 - 11b Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
This specification covers seven grades of diesel fuel oils suitable for various types of diesel engines. These grades are: Grade No. 1-D S15; Grade No. 1-D S500; Grade No. 1-D S5000; Grade No. 2-D S15; Grade No. 2-D S500; Grade No. 2-D S5000; and Grade No. 4-D. The requirements specified for diesel fuel oils shall be determined in accordance with the following test methods: flash point; cloud ...
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Do you still buy new oil? Start regenerate yours used oil
Do you still buy new transformer oil? Start regenerate yours used oil on oil regeneration plant UVR by PC Globecore and reduce your operating costs. YOU WILL SEE THE RESULT AND PROFIT Our fuel, oil cleaning units remove contaminates, such as acids, mercaptan, sulfur, aromatics and other impurities from diesel fuel and all light mineral oils such as transformer oil, industrial oil, turbine oil. ...
By GlobeCore PC
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EPA Comfort Letter Provides Fuel Customers Added Assurance
An Environmental Protection Agency Comfort Letter recently issued regarding WastAway’s SE3™ fuel provides users solid assurances of regulatory compliance as a non-waste material, compatibility with fossil fuels, and significantly low levels of contamination. “This means the EPA concurs with our product’s capability to more cleanly utilize coal fuel resources,” said ...
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MiniLab™ 153 Enters Nuclear Power Plants
he MiniLab Series is rapidly being adopted by nuclear power plants in China and worldwide to provide on-site oil analysis, avoiding unplanned failures and preventing costly downtime. Sending samples to outside laboratories can be particularly expensive for nuclear power plants, as many outside laboratories are not equipped to handle radioactive samples and those that can often charge high rates ...
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